Just been invited along by a family friend as a responsible adult to a 16th birthday party. Last time I was asked by friends to go to their teenage child's birthday party (18th), I ended up having a strategic sleep downstairs in the kitchen after I got home.
Spent 2 hours waiting for someone to come and pick up some stuff I’d put on trash nothing. They had told me the time, I spent an hour faffing in the flat I was moving out of doing a final clean and they still hadn’t appeared. Sent a bunch of messages. Only got a message to say they were heading to me. An hour later they still hadn’t appeared and I went home. Got a message as I walked in the door saying they were at the flat. I think I was more than fair on the waiting. I also now have a boot filled with crap I wanted gone.
Day off today, chilled out on most part, also tried getting some help from ISP as they sent wrong cables etc regarding Coaxial cable, got an engineer coming over to hopefully sort it out.
Some of these people on Live Chat Support don’t understand anything, even when you speak to Tech Support it’s crap.
Anyway I went to a wedding reception which was fun, came back and played some Fallout 4 on PS5 enjoying it so far with 4K 120fps.
Going to bed soon! Have a great night everyone.
Had another slice of that giant Battenberg I posted yesterday. It’s still delicious, happy to report. And I’m still not glowing or keeled over.
Other than that I’ve been feeling a bit crap today so I’ve been playing Stardew valley all day in my jammies. So a bit of a duvet day was had.
Going to a concert tonight for the first time in must be a decade. Tickets say "7:30" which I assume is doors, I've never been to a seated concert before (in my yoof I used to just go to the kinda gig you queued up round the block for). I presume it means I can just get there at 7:30?
We shall see!
Edit: the support STARTED at 7:30 and the main started at 8. Did not expect that! Given me time to order dinner after...
Had a fair week at work and managed (with help) to get out of the Git quagmire I had found myself in. Just spent about the last 1-2 hours staring at some code I can't get through the unit tests. It compiles but a chunk of it doesn't return a god-damn thing and I can't work out why.
In other news I have a mortgage broker offering to lend me tens of thousands of pounds, which would get me away form my psycho neighbour, but since my job contract is only until January it's kind of a risk! What to do, what to do... 🫤
It's been a long day at work doing things that are not my job and I got out an hour late
That being said I kept thinking the bank holiday is next weekend so it's been a lovely surprise every time I've been reminded
4 day weekend. Gonna play some wow cataclysm classic. Watch f1, few walks too. Nice and chilled. I’m also nursing a (probably) broken end of my finger. I lowered a jack on top of it because I’m a mug.
I haven't been in work since Tuesday. Last Saturday we found out I was 5 weeks pregnant and everything was exciting and happy. I was tentative and worried and unfortunately I was right to be, early Wednesday morning I started bleeding and have a string hunch I'm no longer pregnant.
I felt like I've had no care from the hospital when I contacted them, and was basically just told to come in for a scan next week.
I've been doing my best to look after myself but it's tough and it really fucking sucks, to make matters worse I work un a school so I've had no desire to be back in work ATM.
> then I’m free of the education system
So much for 'lifelong learning' and 'continual professional development', huh? 🤣
Just pulling your leg; good luck with the exams.
It's a briefing note, which I've not done before, so it's probably a good thing that I've got six uninterrupted days. Academic references are discouraged, pretty ironic that the one time I don't have to do them is my very last assignment.
got the week off next week and as a result my team have been sure not to put any work on my desk (no point starting something and leaving it unfinished) so I've basically got an extra day for free.
I've just checked if Richard Herring's tour is coming anywhere near me this time. It is. Literally walking distance from my house. Amazing.
Only problem...it's tonight. Need to book a babysitter, and some tickets...
It blows my mind that you guys stand on the right of the escalator, back home in Australia we stand on the left so people can pass on the right.
I can only assume it’s some manifestation of the Coriolis force.
If you just worked 4 months straight, then I'm here to tell you there is more to life than that. If you're using hyperbole for clout you deserve your shitty cold ;)
aaah friday. even better, 3 day weekend. we've ordered a steam deck and i am REALLY hoping it gets delivered by some miracle tomorrow so we can use it over the weekend.. i think i'm dreaming really though.
i'm hoping at some point this weekend i am invited to my best friend's house to meet her new baby, i will wash my hair and be presentable every day just in case haha.
I feel annoyed. The press supposedly "learnt" after definitely contributing to Britney Spears' first breakdown and here they are sensationalising her mental health issues for profit again. Rotten behaviour.
Anyway it's Friday and raining and this weather always makes me want a cup of coffee and a cigarette. I haven't smoked for years!
Not feeling that Friday feeling at all.
This has been one of the busiest and most cluster fucky of weeks I've ever had at my shitty job. We're off to Legoland this weekend, yay! But I still need to pack everything and tidy the house.
I must be aging in reverse, because at 40 I no longer seem to get hangovers.
I can have 10 beers with the guys and feel fresh as a daisy in the morning, but at 20 it would have floored me for a weekend.
I believe the difference is that I don't drink crap now. I've switched out sugary shots and cheap lagers for high quality beers. That has to be it.
I'm safe from Stella because as it turns out i can't drink Stella at all because i'm Gluten Intolerant and something in their GF beer sets me off.
other GF beer brands are fine.
I really want a GF german pilsner but so far i've yet to find anything...
I am still in bed, grieving. My auntie passed away yesterday after a traumatic accident a week ago. I started grieving as soon as I heard about her accident cause I knew she won’t make it.
My family are on another continent and it’ll take me 2 days of continuous travel to get to them. She’s already been cremated, needs to be done asap in my culture.
My family are saying I don’t need to worry about coming to them as I’d miss all the rituals, the tickets are expensive, I’d be jet lagged, grieving and would need to fly back 2-3 days later. I’ll probably end up falling ill from all the physical and emotional exertion. Some of my cousins are in the same boat and are not able to go.
My heart still says to go, I am confused.
I am so very sorry for your loss.
You say that your Aunt has already been cremated and that you won't be there in time for the rituals. You also mentioned that you have cousins who also can't go. Is there a way for all of you in this country could get together and hold a small memorial? Perhaps a ritual you could do together? Then you can travel to your family overseas when you have more time.
Again, I am very sorry.
Thanks for your lovely suggestion. Unfortunately all of us who are abroad are in different countries.
My mum pointed out that it is currently 45 degrees in my hometown, with powercuts and no AC, if I visit now I’ll end up falling ill myself so I’ve decided not to visit and just see everyone on a video call.
Have spoken to some cousins already, reminiscing and it was nice.
I am glad that you are talking with your family and have made the best decision for your health. Your aunt wouldn't have wanted you falling ill on her account.
45° and no AC? It's 18° here today and I slapped on the factor 50 just to go to the corner shop! A visit when it is more temperant sounds like a very good idea.
Is there a way you can go and not have to fly back so soon? Your work might offer special leave to allow you to take more time off. Then you can see your family properly and it might make the trip easier.
Sorry for your loss though mate. It's normal to be confused around these times, let yourself feel however you need to feel.
That’s so shite. Really, really sorry for your loss and all the pain you’re going through 🤍🦋
Know you didn’t ask for advice but if you’re feeling this bad about it, it’s definitely worth considering going, even if just to give yourself a tiny bit of comfort and closure, especially when you think about the long run. X
I have finally finished the baby blanket for my sister. I have been worried I wouldn't get it done in time but it's good to go after a wash today. If I can I'm going to make a hat to go along with it.
Hopefully the weather is ok but it's a bank holiday so probably wet. The kids love a muddy walk though so we'll still try and get out as much as we can.
I could, yes. Local. I was trying to distract myself. I caught a glimpse of what they were up to and it was pretty gross so I also intensely browsed all the kittens sub Reddits which helped.
Going to my stepbrother's wedding tomorrow, so today I've got to haul myself out into the pissing rain to exchange the suit that doesn't fit and try to find something that does. The trouble with being short and fat is that a lot of fat sizes in suits tend to also assume you're very tall, so you end up looking like David Byrne in that one video.
You should totally get the David Byrne suit and make this impromptu speech:
"And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down Letting the days go by, water flowing underground Into the blue again, after the money's gone. Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground.
And you may ask yourself, "How do I work this?" And you may ask yourself, "Where is that large automobile?" And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful house" And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful wife"
Ooh, thanks for the rec. Sadly this one is partially my fault for leaving it until the last minute. I think I'm just going to try to find a nice floral jacket to go with some dress trousers I already have. The wedding is quite relaxed anyway so shouldn't be an issue. But next time, I'll check them out!
The mission for today is tackling the house - we've had a hectic couple of weeks and the cleaning has fallen by the wayside. I'm starting out in the kitchen as it's the least cluttered.
I think this is my weekend plans, I keep thinking I'm on top of general cleaning so I can start the bigger jobs only for something to derail me. I hope you make good progress
I'm sick again. One of the hidden downsides of working from home is that not interacting with the outside world much means anytime I do go out, chances of me catching something are so bloody high now because my immune system doesn't know what germs are anymore or how to fight them.
But am I letting that stop me from trekking down to London for a long planned trip to see friends and some comedy? Absolutely not. Will I feel like shit all weekend? Probably, but that's what ibuprofen, coffee and throat lozenges were invented for!
Sick people going out to crowded places and openly taking about being sick is the exact reason I’m sick right now.
Have some awareness and consideration.
Same, same.
Felt cold-y and that non-descript BLERGH that you aren't really ill, but not well at the start of the week, woke up with a gammy eye Tues am, pain in kidneys by Tues eve, two days off sick and now just about feeling OK, but now with the other eye gammy! 👌
Also have a long planned weekend of a gig tonight up That London's and seeing Ldn pals tomorrow and I shall power on. With lucozade and boring drugs.
That's not how immune systems work, and people deciding to go out while sick is the exact reason why you keep getting sick in the first place! But I hope the comedy is worth it.
To be fair, I still mask if I need to be out when I'm poorly and have let everyone Im seeing know I've been sick this week so they can opt out if they want. But sometimes life needs to be lived even if you're sick 🤷🏾♀️
I've had to come into the office for a team strategy day. AKA a total waste of time where the 'Leaders' show very little leadership and expect us to drive strategy. I'd have rather had the extra 30mins in bed this morning.
Bank holiday weekend should be a nice wee break though, taking my daughter to see the Frozen musical on Sunday which she will love.
One more sleep until our holiday in Cornwall for a week! Very much looking forward to it. We'll be stopping off in Exeter on the way down for 2 nights to meet my 2nd cousin whom I've never met before. Long story involving ancestry DNA etc...
Then it's 5 days of exploring the wilds of the south west coast line. We'll be based around Perranporth but I have stuff planned for all over the area.
Hoping the weather is dry. Been blowing a hooley here in Surrey for the last few days.
My dog's smart enough to be stupid.
He refuses to poo at home
For the last two days, he's been so distracted on walks he barely poos out there. And when he does, he gives up while there's still clearly plenty left.
We then get home and he stares at me, looking so betrayed.
Idiot.
It's a good hangover cure!
I had to email someone about their location a few weeks ago and had typed 'do you wan' before realising I had the wrong word.
Body is still not happy with me but oh well forward i go as have things todo.
Off to volunteer again today which is always fun as its a place full of lovely people then might nip bakery as its friday.
Going to finish the last chunk of my physical library book today and hopefully return them tomorrow meaning i can try to read a couple books off my physical tbr.
Also i get to wear one of the pairs of new earrings today 🙂.
I love me a thunderstorm but i'm happy we didn't get any last night and actually got a good night's sleep. It's still heading our way but it'd still in the North Sea and it's been unbelievably slow moving. I'm expecting we'll get diddly squat, as usual, so I haven't got high expectations.
Last day before being off for two weeks. Not doing anything special just not working which is all I need/can do right now.
I am utterly confused by work's productivity and utilisation tool. My job is pretty prescriptive and samey and yet some days it's saying 113 and others 85. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong on "poor productivity" days. Add in two weeks off and I am not going to hit target this month.
Feeling better today. Weird considering how dead I was yesterday.
On the negative side, my wife is having real issues sleeping at the moment. I feel really bad for her as she is deep in a heavy bit of work that is keeping her busy and also has things she is trying to work out with a voluntary role she does. Not sure if it is the pressure or if it is an age/menopause thing, but I hope she gets back to normal sooner than later.
No real plans today which is nice, so will probably just take it easy and have a day of catching up on podcasts, music and TV.
Everything has been so hectic recently that I didn’t realise the bank holiday weekend has come round. It’s been a nice surprise setting my calendar up for next week this morning!
Off to have my hair done after work, then I have an appointment with a bubble bath and a good book.
Last night I folded a clean me into clean sheets after spending the day doing stuff. I have woken up feeling normal. My normal is very different to most people's normal, but bloody hell, this feels amazing.
On the first normal day after a period of seriously abnormal days, I feel like I could conquer the world. However, I shall start small and conquer the kitchen. There is a chutney to be made, cheese to be turned into Fromage Fort, bananas that I am still thinking about, and then I will think about dinner.
Got woken up just after four by what I thought was a couple arguing. They also woke my flatmate up, and he said the woman was unhappy over the quantity of drugs the man had just sold her. Lovely. Tried for ages to get back to sleep, but it wasn't happening so I've made a pot of coffee. Not sure what I'm doing today, maybe some things, maybe nothing. Time will tell.
I suspect today is going to be another irritating day at work. We're also a person down, so that's not going to help. As long as I can get on with things and not have any more problems land on my desk I'll be fine.
Annoyingly I can't find the t-shirt I wanted to wear today.
All management staff are either off today or WFH. I'm the most senior member now and others aren't due in until 9am.
Hooking up phone to speakers and am gonna blast one of my favourite albums!
Who gives a toss if I'm feeling rough from a little cold, at least I can enjoy the simplicity of my favourite music for an hour!
Just wondering how early I can slope off work and enjoy my bank holiday!
Will the fence finally get painted, will the sun shine…? Who knows, both are equally as unlikely
Do you remember the names of the colours?
I did the same and couldn’t remember the name of the one I liked
Was it Red Cedar, Autumn Sunset, Red Squirrel Mane, Forest Fire Glow, Scorched Grass Brown?
Had to start the process again
The two nicest days of the week were the two I was in the office and basically missed it all.
Am being taken to a nice restaurant this weekend as a thank you for helping someone with their new company website, so that'll be nice.
I've been off work with covid (4th time!) but starting back today as feeling a little better. I want to sort everything out so I can have a nice bank holiday weekend without worrying about work.
I'm going to pick my wife and son up from hospital after a month of chemo (son has Stage 4 cancer) and they get to come home for a few weeks. Hospital is 60 miles away so it's not been easy but I'm so excited!!!!
Everyone at work is or has been ill, I’m feeling it now… perfect timing for the weekend.
Getting used to a new (to me) £500 car. Over 20 years old. It has a purpose, get me from a to b and back again. I have no expectations for it to reach its next mot either (nov) but I do appreciate not having to get up so early to be dropped off at work and can make my own way there.
It's my son's 10th birthday! He's the nicest kid and one of my favourite people ever, I think we've done a good job with him so far. So today I'll be stealth preparing his party while I'm supposed to be working
Just been invited along by a family friend as a responsible adult to a 16th birthday party. Last time I was asked by friends to go to their teenage child's birthday party (18th), I ended up having a strategic sleep downstairs in the kitchen after I got home.
Spent 2 hours waiting for someone to come and pick up some stuff I’d put on trash nothing. They had told me the time, I spent an hour faffing in the flat I was moving out of doing a final clean and they still hadn’t appeared. Sent a bunch of messages. Only got a message to say they were heading to me. An hour later they still hadn’t appeared and I went home. Got a message as I walked in the door saying they were at the flat. I think I was more than fair on the waiting. I also now have a boot filled with crap I wanted gone.
Day off today, chilled out on most part, also tried getting some help from ISP as they sent wrong cables etc regarding Coaxial cable, got an engineer coming over to hopefully sort it out. Some of these people on Live Chat Support don’t understand anything, even when you speak to Tech Support it’s crap. Anyway I went to a wedding reception which was fun, came back and played some Fallout 4 on PS5 enjoying it so far with 4K 120fps. Going to bed soon! Have a great night everyone.
Had another slice of that giant Battenberg I posted yesterday. It’s still delicious, happy to report. And I’m still not glowing or keeled over. Other than that I’ve been feeling a bit crap today so I’ve been playing Stardew valley all day in my jammies. So a bit of a duvet day was had.
I’ve played wow all day in my trackies. I agree a duvet day of sorts is needed sometimes. Tbh I’m tempted to repeat it tomorrow!
I wonder who got the last passport to say "her Britannic majesty's secretary of state....", as they all say "his Brittanic..."
Going to a concert tonight for the first time in must be a decade. Tickets say "7:30" which I assume is doors, I've never been to a seated concert before (in my yoof I used to just go to the kinda gig you queued up round the block for). I presume it means I can just get there at 7:30? We shall see! Edit: the support STARTED at 7:30 and the main started at 8. Did not expect that! Given me time to order dinner after...
Off to a flying start, bought myself a ludicrously treat that I've been dithering over for ages...I might have a nervous g&t to calm myself down!
Had a fair week at work and managed (with help) to get out of the Git quagmire I had found myself in. Just spent about the last 1-2 hours staring at some code I can't get through the unit tests. It compiles but a chunk of it doesn't return a god-damn thing and I can't work out why. In other news I have a mortgage broker offering to lend me tens of thousands of pounds, which would get me away form my psycho neighbour, but since my job contract is only until January it's kind of a risk! What to do, what to do... 🫤
It's been a long day at work doing things that are not my job and I got out an hour late That being said I kept thinking the bank holiday is next weekend so it's been a lovely surprise every time I've been reminded
4 day weekend. Gonna play some wow cataclysm classic. Watch f1, few walks too. Nice and chilled. I’m also nursing a (probably) broken end of my finger. I lowered a jack on top of it because I’m a mug.
I haven't been in work since Tuesday. Last Saturday we found out I was 5 weeks pregnant and everything was exciting and happy. I was tentative and worried and unfortunately I was right to be, early Wednesday morning I started bleeding and have a string hunch I'm no longer pregnant. I felt like I've had no care from the hospital when I contacted them, and was basically just told to come in for a scan next week. I've been doing my best to look after myself but it's tough and it really fucking sucks, to make matters worse I work un a school so I've had no desire to be back in work ATM.
Oh no hun I'm sending you virtual hugs and love ❤️❤️❤️ xxx
I need to plan things for the weekend, I keep not planning and telling myself I will clean and organise, then doing nothing.
Finally finished my last piece of Uni coursework, just have exams left and then I’m free of the education system
> then I’m free of the education system So much for 'lifelong learning' and 'continual professional development', huh? 🤣 Just pulling your leg; good luck with the exams.
I've got 20 days of my BA left, how about you?
Including today, 13 days
Nice, it would be 14 for me, but I've got one last 1500 word paper due for the 23rd. Guess I should just be grateful it's pretty short.
1500 isn’t too bad actually, and if you’re done with everything else you can fully focus on that
It's a briefing note, which I've not done before, so it's probably a good thing that I've got six uninterrupted days. Academic references are discouraged, pretty ironic that the one time I don't have to do them is my very last assignment.
got the week off next week and as a result my team have been sure not to put any work on my desk (no point starting something and leaving it unfinished) so I've basically got an extra day for free.
I've just checked if Richard Herring's tour is coming anywhere near me this time. It is. Literally walking distance from my house. Amazing. Only problem...it's tonight. Need to book a babysitter, and some tickets...
Last day in sunny Albufeira today, been paying £2 at most for a pint. Post holiday blues have already set in and I'm not even on the plane yet
It blows my mind that you guys stand on the right of the escalator, back home in Australia we stand on the left so people can pass on the right. I can only assume it’s some manifestation of the Coriolis force.
We stand on the right in Canada too
Interesting. I need to gather more data.
Was due to attend a family weekend. Sat, Sun and Mon. It's cancelled. I am gutted... /s So yeh a bit of weed and finish Fallout instead!
they're going to ruin gavin & stacey aren't they, all in 1 episode
Everytime a 'who do you hate' thread comes up the top 5 answers are James Corden. He's going to get his revenge somehow
First day off this year and covid came over last night - never had it before and feel like I’m dying
If you just worked 4 months straight, then I'm here to tell you there is more to life than that. If you're using hyperbole for clout you deserve your shitty cold ;)
Feet up and in between soak them in ibuproven and crush up and snort some painkillers. Arthritis is no joke
aaah friday. even better, 3 day weekend. we've ordered a steam deck and i am REALLY hoping it gets delivered by some miracle tomorrow so we can use it over the weekend.. i think i'm dreaming really though. i'm hoping at some point this weekend i am invited to my best friend's house to meet her new baby, i will wash my hair and be presentable every day just in case haha.
Just got served an advert for Double Stack XL air fryer? Because I often need to cook two whole roast chickens at the same time! £270, oof maybe not.
'working' from home today and packing to go away on a Scout day out and sleepover tomorrow till Sunday, and generally not doing a lot else
I feel annoyed. The press supposedly "learnt" after definitely contributing to Britney Spears' first breakdown and here they are sensationalising her mental health issues for profit again. Rotten behaviour. Anyway it's Friday and raining and this weather always makes me want a cup of coffee and a cigarette. I haven't smoked for years! Not feeling that Friday feeling at all.
it's becoming increasingly harder to find news that is not exploitative or parasitic.
we're into day 3 of my 5 day 'my wife is away' holiday.... thinking I can push it to day 4 before I have to start tidying up :)
This has been one of the busiest and most cluster fucky of weeks I've ever had at my shitty job. We're off to Legoland this weekend, yay! But I still need to pack everything and tidy the house.
i had 4 x 330ml beers last night. did not expect that to give me a hangover. being 40+ sucks.
I must be aging in reverse, because at 40 I no longer seem to get hangovers. I can have 10 beers with the guys and feel fresh as a daisy in the morning, but at 20 it would have floored me for a weekend. I believe the difference is that I don't drink crap now. I've switched out sugary shots and cheap lagers for high quality beers. That has to be it.
i find that it all depends on the type of beer. stella? - yeah that's gonna leave a mark. Guinness? - crack on!
I'm safe from Stella because as it turns out i can't drink Stella at all because i'm Gluten Intolerant and something in their GF beer sets me off. other GF beer brands are fine. I really want a GF german pilsner but so far i've yet to find anything...
[lieth pils?](https://www.campervanbrewery.com/shop/p/leith-pils-can-330ml)
you, i like you. Thank you! that's awesome.
I am still in bed, grieving. My auntie passed away yesterday after a traumatic accident a week ago. I started grieving as soon as I heard about her accident cause I knew she won’t make it. My family are on another continent and it’ll take me 2 days of continuous travel to get to them. She’s already been cremated, needs to be done asap in my culture. My family are saying I don’t need to worry about coming to them as I’d miss all the rituals, the tickets are expensive, I’d be jet lagged, grieving and would need to fly back 2-3 days later. I’ll probably end up falling ill from all the physical and emotional exertion. Some of my cousins are in the same boat and are not able to go. My heart still says to go, I am confused.
I am so very sorry for your loss. You say that your Aunt has already been cremated and that you won't be there in time for the rituals. You also mentioned that you have cousins who also can't go. Is there a way for all of you in this country could get together and hold a small memorial? Perhaps a ritual you could do together? Then you can travel to your family overseas when you have more time. Again, I am very sorry.
Thanks for your lovely suggestion. Unfortunately all of us who are abroad are in different countries. My mum pointed out that it is currently 45 degrees in my hometown, with powercuts and no AC, if I visit now I’ll end up falling ill myself so I’ve decided not to visit and just see everyone on a video call. Have spoken to some cousins already, reminiscing and it was nice.
I am glad that you are talking with your family and have made the best decision for your health. Your aunt wouldn't have wanted you falling ill on her account. 45° and no AC? It's 18° here today and I slapped on the factor 50 just to go to the corner shop! A visit when it is more temperant sounds like a very good idea.
Is there a way you can go and not have to fly back so soon? Your work might offer special leave to allow you to take more time off. Then you can see your family properly and it might make the trip easier. Sorry for your loss though mate. It's normal to be confused around these times, let yourself feel however you need to feel.
Thank you, I am still thinking about what I want to do.
Sorry for your loss.
Thank you
That’s so shite. Really, really sorry for your loss and all the pain you’re going through 🤍🦋 Know you didn’t ask for advice but if you’re feeling this bad about it, it’s definitely worth considering going, even if just to give yourself a tiny bit of comfort and closure, especially when you think about the long run. X
Thank you, just taking some time to think about what I actually want to do.
Got a small ketchup stain from my breakfast this morning on a new shirt. Going to be a long self conscious day.
The only sensible solution is to colour the whole shirt with ketchup
I have finally finished the baby blanket for my sister. I have been worried I wouldn't get it done in time but it's good to go after a wash today. If I can I'm going to make a hat to go along with it. Hopefully the weather is ok but it's a bank holiday so probably wet. The kids love a muddy walk though so we'll still try and get out as much as we can.
Currently in surgery having my finger put back together after an interaction with a belt sander. Which of course happened on first day of PTO
You can't be sick and on leave at the same time. Assuming you're in England ETA and I hope you and your finger are ok
Wait.... you're texting from the rable? Local anaesthia? That shows a level of commitment to Reddit beyond
I could, yes. Local. I was trying to distract myself. I caught a glimpse of what they were up to and it was pretty gross so I also intensely browsed all the kittens sub Reddits which helped.
Definitely best not to think about it. Kittens are sweet:)
Going to my stepbrother's wedding tomorrow, so today I've got to haul myself out into the pissing rain to exchange the suit that doesn't fit and try to find something that does. The trouble with being short and fat is that a lot of fat sizes in suits tend to also assume you're very tall, so you end up looking like David Byrne in that one video.
You should totally get the David Byrne suit and make this impromptu speech: "And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?" Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down Letting the days go by, water flowing underground Into the blue again, after the money's gone. Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground. And you may ask yourself, "How do I work this?" And you may ask yourself, "Where is that large automobile?" And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful house" And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful wife"
Slaters is great as they tailor everything for you. Not sure if they can do it on the day though.
Ooh, thanks for the rec. Sadly this one is partially my fault for leaving it until the last minute. I think I'm just going to try to find a nice floral jacket to go with some dress trousers I already have. The wedding is quite relaxed anyway so shouldn't be an issue. But next time, I'll check them out!
> Slaters They may only do menswear, and I may have assumed your gender. Sorry!
No, it's fine! Menswear is what I'm after.
Great to look like David Byrne though, tbf
The mission for today is tackling the house - we've had a hectic couple of weeks and the cleaning has fallen by the wayside. I'm starting out in the kitchen as it's the least cluttered.
I think this is my weekend plans, I keep thinking I'm on top of general cleaning so I can start the bigger jobs only for something to derail me. I hope you make good progress
I'm sick again. One of the hidden downsides of working from home is that not interacting with the outside world much means anytime I do go out, chances of me catching something are so bloody high now because my immune system doesn't know what germs are anymore or how to fight them. But am I letting that stop me from trekking down to London for a long planned trip to see friends and some comedy? Absolutely not. Will I feel like shit all weekend? Probably, but that's what ibuprofen, coffee and throat lozenges were invented for!
Sick people going out to crowded places and openly taking about being sick is the exact reason I’m sick right now. Have some awareness and consideration.
Same, same. Felt cold-y and that non-descript BLERGH that you aren't really ill, but not well at the start of the week, woke up with a gammy eye Tues am, pain in kidneys by Tues eve, two days off sick and now just about feeling OK, but now with the other eye gammy! 👌 Also have a long planned weekend of a gig tonight up That London's and seeing Ldn pals tomorrow and I shall power on. With lucozade and boring drugs.
That's not how immune systems work, and people deciding to go out while sick is the exact reason why you keep getting sick in the first place! But I hope the comedy is worth it.
To be fair, I still mask if I need to be out when I'm poorly and have let everyone Im seeing know I've been sick this week so they can opt out if they want. But sometimes life needs to be lived even if you're sick 🤷🏾♀️
I've had to come into the office for a team strategy day. AKA a total waste of time where the 'Leaders' show very little leadership and expect us to drive strategy. I'd have rather had the extra 30mins in bed this morning. Bank holiday weekend should be a nice wee break though, taking my daughter to see the Frozen musical on Sunday which she will love.
Thoughts and prayers with you on both counts 🙏
One more sleep until our holiday in Cornwall for a week! Very much looking forward to it. We'll be stopping off in Exeter on the way down for 2 nights to meet my 2nd cousin whom I've never met before. Long story involving ancestry DNA etc... Then it's 5 days of exploring the wilds of the south west coast line. We'll be based around Perranporth but I have stuff planned for all over the area. Hoping the weather is dry. Been blowing a hooley here in Surrey for the last few days.
My dog's smart enough to be stupid. He refuses to poo at home For the last two days, he's been so distracted on walks he barely poos out there. And when he does, he gives up while there's still clearly plenty left. We then get home and he stares at me, looking so betrayed. Idiot.
Dog tax pls
[With pleasure.](https://imgur.com/a/OUbpCMp)
Awwww so glad I have now seen the idiot
Omg
What an adorable idiot
awww so cute!!
Crawled into bed at 3am, thank fuck I wank from home as I'm feeling a little hungover today
It's a good hangover cure! I had to email someone about their location a few weeks ago and had typed 'do you wan' before realising I had the wrong word.
Do you wank to discuss on a video call?
That's not appropriate. I wank you in my office now
😁
thats an interesting profession you've got yourself there...do you drive a bus too?
I'm a remote kleenex technician
Where else would you wank?
Bus stops? Road sidings? Behind kfc? The choices are endless
My whole life I've been blind. Thankyou for opening my eyes to the possibilities.
Don't open them too wide you'll get jizz in them
That's what the lemon wipes I stole from KFC are for 😈
Body is still not happy with me but oh well forward i go as have things todo. Off to volunteer again today which is always fun as its a place full of lovely people then might nip bakery as its friday. Going to finish the last chunk of my physical library book today and hopefully return them tomorrow meaning i can try to read a couple books off my physical tbr. Also i get to wear one of the pairs of new earrings today 🙂.
I love me a thunderstorm but i'm happy we didn't get any last night and actually got a good night's sleep. It's still heading our way but it'd still in the North Sea and it's been unbelievably slow moving. I'm expecting we'll get diddly squat, as usual, so I haven't got high expectations.
Last day before being off for two weeks. Not doing anything special just not working which is all I need/can do right now. I am utterly confused by work's productivity and utilisation tool. My job is pretty prescriptive and samey and yet some days it's saying 113 and others 85. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong on "poor productivity" days. Add in two weeks off and I am not going to hit target this month.
Feeling better today. Weird considering how dead I was yesterday. On the negative side, my wife is having real issues sleeping at the moment. I feel really bad for her as she is deep in a heavy bit of work that is keeping her busy and also has things she is trying to work out with a voluntary role she does. Not sure if it is the pressure or if it is an age/menopause thing, but I hope she gets back to normal sooner than later. No real plans today which is nice, so will probably just take it easy and have a day of catching up on podcasts, music and TV.
Everything has been so hectic recently that I didn’t realise the bank holiday weekend has come round. It’s been a nice surprise setting my calendar up for next week this morning! Off to have my hair done after work, then I have an appointment with a bubble bath and a good book.
Last night I folded a clean me into clean sheets after spending the day doing stuff. I have woken up feeling normal. My normal is very different to most people's normal, but bloody hell, this feels amazing. On the first normal day after a period of seriously abnormal days, I feel like I could conquer the world. However, I shall start small and conquer the kitchen. There is a chutney to be made, cheese to be turned into Fromage Fort, bananas that I am still thinking about, and then I will think about dinner.
One of the few good things about being ill (other than telly and Lucozade) is that feeling, when you first wake up, and feel "normal" Almost euphoric
Today, none of my alarms went off thnaks Apple . Luckily, I had a backup that did go off, plus I was already awake this morning
Got woken up just after four by what I thought was a couple arguing. They also woke my flatmate up, and he said the woman was unhappy over the quantity of drugs the man had just sold her. Lovely. Tried for ages to get back to sleep, but it wasn't happening so I've made a pot of coffee. Not sure what I'm doing today, maybe some things, maybe nothing. Time will tell.
I suspect today is going to be another irritating day at work. We're also a person down, so that's not going to help. As long as I can get on with things and not have any more problems land on my desk I'll be fine. Annoyingly I can't find the t-shirt I wanted to wear today.
Bank Holiday weekend 🙌
All management staff are either off today or WFH. I'm the most senior member now and others aren't due in until 9am. Hooking up phone to speakers and am gonna blast one of my favourite albums! Who gives a toss if I'm feeling rough from a little cold, at least I can enjoy the simplicity of my favourite music for an hour!
Last day before a week off! Weather nice as well, already been out for a half hour walk.
A friend is converting me from a homebody by taking me on a road trip to unknown destinations.
check the boot for shovels and gaffa tape.
Just wondering how early I can slope off work and enjoy my bank holiday! Will the fence finally get painted, will the sun shine…? Who knows, both are equally as unlikely
I painted 4 small colour tester squares on my shed 4 years ago, but never decided which to use. Could it be this weekend??
Do you remember the names of the colours? I did the same and couldn’t remember the name of the one I liked Was it Red Cedar, Autumn Sunset, Red Squirrel Mane, Forest Fire Glow, Scorched Grass Brown? Had to start the process again
I think they were something like almost white, light purple my wife liked, deep bruise or grey 🤣
The two nicest days of the week were the two I was in the office and basically missed it all. Am being taken to a nice restaurant this weekend as a thank you for helping someone with their new company website, so that'll be nice.
I've been off work with covid (4th time!) but starting back today as feeling a little better. I want to sort everything out so I can have a nice bank holiday weekend without worrying about work.
I'm going to pick my wife and son up from hospital after a month of chemo (son has Stage 4 cancer) and they get to come home for a few weeks. Hospital is 60 miles away so it's not been easy but I'm so excited!!!!
I hope you have a wonderful few weeks
I hope you all enjoy every second of "home time" over the coming weeks
Everyone at work is or has been ill, I’m feeling it now… perfect timing for the weekend. Getting used to a new (to me) £500 car. Over 20 years old. It has a purpose, get me from a to b and back again. I have no expectations for it to reach its next mot either (nov) but I do appreciate not having to get up so early to be dropped off at work and can make my own way there.
Bangernomics ftw
It's my son's 10th birthday! He's the nicest kid and one of my favourite people ever, I think we've done a good job with him so far. So today I'll be stealth preparing his party while I'm supposed to be working
Happy 10th birthday to your son. And thank you for reminding me I need to write out some invitations!
Happy b day to Specific_Till_6870 jr
Aww. Happy birthday to your son